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Today’s highlights
- Cursor capitalizes on GitHub frustration, launches rival hosting platform — 2026-08-18
- Cursor, known for its AI Code Editor, is launching a new code-hosting platform to rival developers’ long preferred favorite, GitHub.
- Apple squashes EU beef with new App Store rules — 2026-08-18
- Apple is once again overhauling App Store rules in the European Union, which the company says will resolve its “disagreements with the Commission over business terms and alternative distribution.” As part of the changes,
- DOJ’s probe into Andreessen Horowitz over board seats baffles VCs — 2026-08-18
- Since portfolio companies often pivot and expand into competing markets, investors view occasional conflicts of interest as unavoidable for large VC firms.
- TikTok explores peer-to-peer payments via DMs, report says — 2026-08-18
- If rolled out, the feature would use the social media service’s TikTok Pay offering, which is already available in Southeast Asia for TikTok Shop purchases.
- SteelSeries’ comfy wireless gaming headset is nearly half off — 2026-08-18
- While many gaming headsets come with extra features, the tradeoff is that they’re often uncomfortable and heavy. A lightweight, affordable alternative that can connect to a bunch of platforms is available at Woot. The St
- Robin Williams’ Instagram account brought back to fight ‘AI abuse’ — 2026-08-18
- Robin Williams’ children are taking over their father’s Instagram account after his daughter spoke out against the use of his AI likeness, as reported earlier by The Wrap. In a post on Tuesday, Zak, Zelda, and Cody Willi
- OpenAI lays out new security changes after its AI hacked Hugging Face — 2026-08-18
- OpenAI is announcing security updates following the July news that its AI broke out of a sandboxed environment and accidentally hacked Hugging Face, including improvements to its research environments, monitoring, and al
- Samsung’s Galaxy Buds 3 Pro are almost half off today — 2026-08-18
- If you’re looking for a feature-packed pair of earbuds that won’t break your wallet, Best Buy has the Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro on sale for $139.99. That’s $40 lower than the current Amazon price, and a big discount from